Air Academy High School - Vapor Trails Yearbook (USAF Academy, CO)

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The Hero A Thing Cf The Past he0ro Chrroj n 1 a man of distin gulshed valor or performance admired for his noble qualities a female hero is known as a heroine pl heroes Was this a year without them? Defi nitely not Heroes emerged from all places in 1982 There were movie stars politicians and sports figures all doing their best for themselves and their profession While many Americans felt young people had no one to ldolize that we were a nation without heroes students themselves felt they had these figures in their lives Raiders of the Lost Ark was hailed as this year s best movie Critics said one reason Raiders was such a box office smash was the old-time hero Harrison Ford portrayed. Indiana Jones while possessing no real superhuman powers was the kind of hero America hadn t seen in a long time but needed more of: a strong but kind ladies man who could outsmart Nazis snakes and tarantulas and make his co-star fall in love all at the same time. A Model In The Present I don t t ink we re a genera tion with no heroes because we still rely on people and look up to them A hero to me is when someone does something great about it Pam Fischer I dont have a hero personally but I think other people do Heroes are a good lnflu ence on society They give people someone to mr mick Sue Horst We still have heroes but no one recognizes them as being that We just think of them as great people Bryson Ware 120 A Hope For The Future ' ' . u . 1 and then is humble . . . I -4 4 ' 'H

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A Kadet Empty-Handed sf Frying hamburgers and pouring drinks may not be the most exciting way to spend a weekend, but for Paul Rising it was the most effective way to a car. Paul .worked at Arnold Hall to save enough money to buy a Camaro. and found it to be both hard work and rewarding. Rock groups like Molly Hatchet and Tom Petty perform here and we cook for them. Meeting a lot of people was fun, but it was a lot of hard work, too, he said. Unlike most students, Paul encoun- tered no conflicts of interests between his job and school. I only worked on weekends so it didn't interfere with my homework. Putting up with tired feet and impo- tient customers made students realize that nothing worth having comes easily, and earning that weekly paycheck was harder than it seemed. 1 19 Student Life

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The United States has always turned to sports for much more than simple relaxation. So when the all- American sport of baseball disillusioned many with its exasperating strikes, fans relied on football to pull them out of the slump. And what a boost people got. The San Francisco Forty-Niners, deemed the Cinderella of the NFL, had people cheering all over the country. and before anyone knew it, a new hero had emerged. As 105 million fans watched, quarterback .loe Montana kept a cool head and helped his team maintain a 26-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl January 24. Q, Poland and her angry workers made headlines every day in 1981 - 82, and union leader Lech Walesa became a modern-day hero. As workers rose up in protest over food shortages and unreasonable working conditions, the free world cheered as Solidarity made great ad- vances and then held their breath as martial law was imposed and Walesa detained by martial authorities. Walesa became a symbol of the Po- lish struggle and the ideal of freedom. Anwar Sadat's dramatic visit to Jeru- salem in 1977 launched peace negoti- ations with lsrael and paved the way for the Camp David accords, ending 30 years of war between Egypt and lsra- el. Hrg magazine proclaimed Sadat the man of the year that year. But on October 6, 1981, as Egypt's president reviewed his troops, gun- men opened fire on Sadat and his aides, leaving a scene of death and confusion. The world-shaking event was the la- test in a string of assassinations and attempts, and as a hero was bUfi9d, the world hoped the trend would be -reversed. 1 21 Student Life